I created this little guy for the VSN challenge NOV10VSNE in 28 minutes - to make a card using line art, silver and some kind of stitching. When you have a 45 minute time limit like you do during VSN and a stitching requirement my go to sets for faux stitching are from Waltzingmouse Stamps. This little guy is from a set called Sewing Box Christmas. I borrowed this week's sketch from Cupcake Craft Challenge Sketch 116: http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com and made sure to use turquoise along with the silver and a ribbon so it would meet the requirements of this week's challenge from Really Reasonable Ribbon as well: http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com . The silver panel is embossed using the Swiss Dots CB folder and the turquoise is punched with a Fiskars scalloped border punch. I stamped the snowman image twice - once with white ink on Turquoise card stock and then again with turquoise ink onto white card stock and layered them using Pop Its. I used two little black rhinestones for his 'eyes made out of coal' and added silver domes as his buttons and an additional vertical embellishment.
This card also meets the requirements of the following additional challenges:
CCC10 - as this is a holiday card it will count toward one of my ten for the month of November, or maybe gooing back to july if November is complete, I have to check,
Spoonful of Sugar challenge 129 - snowflakes (there are silver snowflakes on the ribbon): http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com ,
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge 29 at Mark's Finest papers - to use a snowflake on your card: http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com ,
ABC Challenge - H is for Holiday: http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com , and
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Winter: http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com .
Thank you all for the fun challenges, and thank you to everyone who takes the time to look at my card. HAPPY VSN PEOPLE!!
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010 GMT Views: 1307
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Sat, Nov 13, 2010 @ 5:25 PM
What a gorgeous card. I love the image and the colour scheme is stunning. I'm glad you enjoyed using my sketch! Thanks for joining us at cupcake craft challenge this week. Hugs, Denise x
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Sun, Nov 14, 2010 @ 5:57 AM
Love the faux stitching on this. Cute layout too.
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